How has the Quokka Adapted to its Environment
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Transcript How has the Quokka Adapted to its Environment
(setonix brachurus)
By: Kiyah Legg
How Well has
the Quokka
Adapted to its
Environment
Vocabulary
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Marsupial- a mammal with a pouch
Nocturnal- active at night
Inhabit- live there
Appearance
Short
coarse brown-grey fur
Size of a hare
Small rounded ears
A black nose at the end of its snout
Related to the wallaby
This is a Quokka!
Behavior
Nocturnal
Gentle
animals
Can get sick if you feed them human food
A quokka baby is called a joey
Habitat
Live
in Australia on Rottnest Island, Bald
Island, and the mainland
Often live in tall grass near a fresh water
source
Defended by the dominate males
About 10,000 quokkas inhabit Rottnest Island
History of Habitat
In
1969, a Dutch sailor, Willem de Vlaming
traveled to what is now Rottnest Island
Thought Quokkas were large rats
Named the island Rattenest (Dutch for rat’s
nest)
Eventually became Rottnest Island
Diet
Are herbivores
Leaves, stems, bark, fruits, berries, and
grass
Feed at night
Threats
Man Made
Declining population, from human
development
Visitors have killed quokkas out of cruelty
Natural
On the mainland-foxes, dogs, and cats
Developing muscular dystrophy, a disease in
which muscles get damaged and weakened
Adaptations
Marsupial-
have pouches
They swallow their food without chewing
Can store fat in their tails to live off of so they
can live without food or water for a little
Can climb trees
Conclusion
Have
adapted very well
Can live without food or water for a while
They can climb trees to escape from predators
I Think
Quokkas will stay around for a while
because of the above
Continue to adapt to their environment